Health Minister considers limiting number of passengers allowed into country

Senior officials across a number of Government departments met yesterday in a bid to solve the impasse around adding more countries to the mandatory quarantine list. File photo:Leah Farrell/RollingNews.ie

Health Minister Stephen Donnelly is considering placing a cap on the number of people allowed enter the country if the hotel quarantining system comes under pressure.

He has said he wants to press ahead with an expansion of hotel quarantining despite a split within Government on the matter.